Quarantined

I went to bed last night with a little bit of a sore throat and woke up this morning with insanely swollen tonsils and a fever. Alex had been sick the last few days so I figured I had whatever she's been dealing with but after a few hours, I knew I needed to go to the doctor. I was expecting something similar to the student health center at SLU, and it was in some ways, but very different in others.

They only had one doctor and one nurse on staff. Since Alex and I decided to go together without an appointment and an hour before closing, I assumed we'd be told to come back tomorrow. Instead, after filling out some forms, we were called back, together, to talk to the nurse. It was a pretty quick process and we hardly spent any time waiting, unlike at SLU where we would have waited more than an hour for a walk-in. I'm sure the two of us were quite a sight. Alex was sitting there sniffling and hacking her lungs up and I sat there looking like the personification of death. After taking both of our temps, the nurse informed us that they were exactly the same. Apparently after spending so much time with someone, even your body temp syncs up. We both had a fever of 37.9 degrees Celsius. The nurse told us that 37 was normal, so I just assumed that was a pretty low grade fever, but turns out its like 100.2 degrees Fahrenheit. After doing the normal nurse-y things, she was like 'yeah, you're both in pretty bad shape, I'm going to squeeze you in to see the doctor this afternoon.'

Because we don't have government issued insurance we had to pay a hefty co-pay of $5 before we could see the doctor. He took one look at my throat and said 'You have the largest tonsils I have ever seen!' Such a charming compliment. Without even doing a strep test, he put me on antibiotics - which cost me a whole $10 - and told me I was under quarantine for the next 3 days. I'm excused from all my classes Tuesday and Wednesday (which is all of my classes in general...) and can't leave my bed basically unless I'm getting food. I'm already bored and it's only been a few hours. The good news is Alex is also quarantined for the next 3 days for a respiratory infection so we get to be bored together!

The moral of this story is that I'm in the most beautiful place on earth and I can't leave my bed. Therefore I won't have anything interesting AT ALL to blog about for a bit unless I find a really good movie on Netflix or something. Send non-sick thoughts my way please!! We have a camping trip planned for this weekend and I'd really like to be able to go!!